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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
Life at Oxford.

Oxford is like fashionable watering
place, or mountain resort, or a state
capital, or like any other place that de-
ponds for its prosperity and life on a
special class of transients. When the
terms are in full swing il flourisheth,
like its own classical green bay-tree;
when it is vacation, the city droopeth
like a prosaic cornstalk in October.
When the twenty-six colleges and halls
are full the city is agog with that
academic gayety which is natural to the
congregation of thousands of school
boys, for that, after all, is what the
students are; when the quadrangles are
deserted the city seems deserted too.
1t not only seems to be, but is
actually, as quiet, as dead and as dull as
the Inner Temple in August, for, city
though Oxford is, it is first, last and
always a university. A map of the
place shows nothing but collection of
collegiate institutions and their appur-
tenances, black caps and gowns darken
the streets as red coats enliven those of
an English garrison town; while tower,
pinnacle and gateway fill the eye, cast
it in whatsoever direction YOU may.
The quiet burghers follow pursuits that
thrive by studential patronage. Tobac-
conists flourish; so do beer-sellers;
every stationer announces that he buys
and sells secondhand books; every
tailor displays gowns in his window;
the doctors are learned in the COM
plants of adolescence; boatmen grow
wealthy; householders' rents are paid
by the income derived from furnished
apartments, and competence is the
result of a good contract to clean col
lege windows. The young ladies of
the place are experts in the rich aca-
demic slang; mothers listen nervously
to the pipings of their boys, with hope
full thoughts of chorister's stall, and
fathers keep a watchful eye on the
whole brood, for Oxford is an anxious
place in which to raise a family, espe-
cially if the female members are young
and attractive. Chapel, studies and
boating take up much of the students
life, it is true, but the aggregate of
leisure is something immense, and it is
but natural that some of it should be
devoted to the lighter conjugation of
dnlO, dmas In saying this it is not for
| gotten that Oxford is one of the two
great seats of learning of a great empire;
that the young royalid has been taught
how to shoot here; that it has produced
some of the cleverest men in the world,
and that it is especially theological
seminary. But boys will be boys, even
though they are making bishops and
nebulous judges. 1t is not the cowl
that makes the monk, neither is it the
gown that makes the saint.-CorreS-
pOndent of San Francisco Chronicle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
Tested Receipts.

COUSIN KATIE's ONE-EGG CAKE
One-half cupful of butter, one and
one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of
sweet milk, one cupful of currants,
three cupfuls of flour, one egg, one
tea-spoonful of soda, two tea-spoonfuls
of cream of tartar
FRosTING.-One cupful of sugar,
five table-spoonfuls of milk; boil five
minutes; flavor with lemon or vanilla;
stir till cool. Spread on while the cake
is warm. j. d. p.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04

expected every baby would suffer with
the first week or two.
AS this article seems of sufficient
length for young mothers to digest
thoroughly, l will wait until some
future time before continuing the sub
iect,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04

the cholera. We thought the city
lively place, but it is usually far more
SO. Usually at this season every hotel
and clearinghouse is filled to its ut
most capacity. Now there is no diff
Guilty in finding rooms. Attention is
devoted to social and other amuse-
ments. The theaters and bull-fghts
catering to the demands of this tran
sient population offer the greatest at
fractions, particularly on Sundays"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
Gbe 8uusebulo.
The Night Mist.

All the night long the gray, embracing mist
Has held in tender arms the tired world;
The sleepy river its soft lips have kissed,
And over hills and meadows 1t has curled.
Its white cool finger 1t has gently placed
ON weary stretches of deep, drifting sand;
The noisy city and the far-off waste
Have felt the benediction of its hand.
The drowsy world rolls on toward the day;
The fresh, sweet wind of morning softly blows;
The willing mist no longer now may stay;
With first expectancy of dawn it goes
--Hdrper's Magazine for May
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04

WE print this week the first of the
series of papers promised by the nurse.
1t is worthy of careful perusal by those
interested, and we venture to say that
the future articles by " Auntie B." will
be both practical and interesting, and
will be looked for with interest by the
readers of the Household columns.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
RHEUMATISM CURED.

BURLINGTON, VT, Jan. 2S, 1886.
NEURoTIC OIL Co.: Gentlemen-I have
been troubled with rheumatism in my leg
for some time; so severe at times that l
could not walk / used three bottles of
Neurotic Oil and it has cured me entirely.
III. CROOKER.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ALI the Home Clubs Beat Their
Visitors.

DETROIT, June 10.-A very one-sided
and wearlSome game was that of to-day
between the Wolverines and HOLSTERS.
and it was won by the batting of the
home team, aided by the fielding errors
of the visitors. Healy was pounded
hard whenever he put the ball over the
plate, and in bases on balls he nearly
equalled Kirby's record. The home
club. played a strong game, the infield
particularly distinguishing themselves:
Score:
indianapolis. i Q o Q Q Q %
Errors, Detroit l, Indianapolis 8; base hits.
Detroit 20, indianapolis 10; earned runs
Detroit II, Indianapolis 2; two-base hits,
son, Richardson, Denny; three nb1 nI hts.
Brouthers and Richardson; double PLAYS
Shinkle and Brouthers, Shinkle, Dunlap and
Brouthers, Rowe, Dunlap and Brouthers;
Dunlap, Glasscock 2, Shomberg 9, Seery;
first base Oh errors, Detroit /, Indianapolis
]; struck out, by Weidman 3; passed balls,
Hackett 2; wild pitches, Healy4 4; time, 2:l2;
umpire, Doescher.
PITTsBURa BEATEN AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, June 10.-Chicago beat
Pitfsburg to-day without an effort.
From the start the home players had
llllilSS tIlcII OWl1 Way anu were never
headed. In the first inning Ryan and
Sullivan made three baggers and An
sons single scored two runs, while in the
fifth, Daley got base on an error and
got in on Baldwin's safe hit. Then in
the sixth Arson and Pfeffer made SIN
giles and scored while Brown was catch
ing long flies, and in the seventh Sun
day went to base on Smiths error.
Ryan made a hit and Smith another
error which let,Sunday in and gave An
son. a base. KuehneJthen muffed ball
and let Pfeffer have life, while Will
iamson's three Dagger cleared the bases
and he scored on Burns single. For
Pittsburg, Brown got base ON a play
in the third inning and came home on
Anson's error. In the seventh Whitney
made base hit and got around by vir-
tue of two wild pitches and a sacrifces
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
AN IMPROMPTU FIGHT.
Two Co1ored Men Hammer Each
Other With Skin Gloves.

A fight to a finish, between two col
ored men, was arranged by few mem
bers of the sporting fraternity last night,
and kept all on the quiet. 1t took place
early in the evening in barn within
the populous part of the city. The men
were middle-welghts and one of them
has something of reputation as a
pugilist, though by no means pro
fessional. Skin gloves were used, and
the meeting is said bya those who saw it
to have been especially savage. The
affair was witnessed by but six
men, who Clipped in purse
of $50, each man being assessed
for $40. Thirteen rounds were
fought, Queensberry rules governing,
save that the ring was hardly the regu-
lation size, it being made by stretching
ropes between posts and wagon wheels
as the circumstances allowed. The
man who won had decidedly the worst
of it for the first six or seven rounds,
when he seemed to get his second
wind, and from that out had it his own
way. Several knock downs were scored
on each side, the final blow being a
solid on the jugular. Both men were
badly punished.
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hit, and in the eighth Miller's single
followed by Coleman's double and an
error produced another run. Of the
eleven base hits of the visitors, seven
were bases ON balls. Score:
Chicago ......2 o O o 1 2 O so
Pittsburg. 80 o i o. o o L 1 o. 3
Errors: Chicago l.. Pittsburg 8; earned
runs, Chicago 4; base hits Chicago 10, Pitts
hits, Sullivan, Ryan, Williamson; double
play, Pfeffer and williamson; first base on
balls, off Baldwin z, off Calvin L hit by
pitched ball, Williamson l; first base on
errors, Chicago 4, Pittsburg 2; struck out,
2; time, 2;O5; umpire, Pearce.
IT CAME EASY.
NEW YORK, June 10.-The New
Yorks defeated the Washingtons with
ease to-day, batting Giant Whitney's
curves all over the field. Keefe pitched
IN fine shape and was finely supported
in the field. The New Workers also ran
the bases admirably. They took the
lead in the opening inning and held it
throughout. About 1900 spectators
were present. Score:
W TsG Usa 10 0 @ Q 3 9 8 %
Errors, New. York 2, Washington 3; base
hits, New York IL, Washington 2; earned
F ps New TSrk WEashgon Il
-
O'Brien; first base on balls, Common 2. Kreig
l, Hines l, Myers Il hit by pitched ball, Gil
lesp1e /; first base ON errors New York 3 (;
struck out, New York /, Washington 4;
passed balls Mach 2; wild pitches, Whitney
z; time. 800; umpire, Powers.
KELLY'S MEN WIN.
BosToN. June 10.-The BOstons won
t0-day'S game from Philadelphia by bat
ting the ball when hits were needed.
They made only seven actual hits off
Butflnton. Conway gave five men
their base on balls in the first two in
nings. After that he pitched a great
game. Only six actual hits were made
Off his delivery. Kelly muffed high
fly in the sixth inning that cost run.
He partially redeemed himself in the
seventh by three baSer, which was one
OF the longest hits ever made on the
grounds, and which allowed O'Rourke
and Wheelock to score. 1t was another
great day for the youngsters, Conway,
OR0urke and WheelOck, WheelOck do
ing big work at the bat and in the field.
Some OF Wheelock's pickups were won
derful. Score:
Boston. 100 2 O o O 2 OF
Philadelphia. II o o o o 2 o o IA
Errors, Boston 4. Philadelphia q: uase hits,
Boston 8, Philadelphia II; earned runs, Bos-
ton 2; two-base hit, Farrar; double plays,
Mulyey: first base on balls Johnston 1,
Wheelock L, Farraf 2, Cunning, Fogarty;
hfSt base on errors Tate; struck out, Morrill,,
conway, Cunning; passed balls, Cunning 2;
wild pitches, Bnffinton 1, Conway l; UNI
ipre, Holland.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
THE PLOT WAS FOUND OUT.

A Lady in Paris Hears Some Start
ling News and Discovers 1t in
Time.
London Telegraph.
Recently lady moving in good
society in Paris, and occupying an apart
ment in one of the most fashionable
streets in the Champs Elysees quarter.
received the visit of police Official, who
informed her that at II o'clock that even
ing she was to be murdered and her
rooms piundered. She laughed at the
idea, and the more so when the inspec-
tor proceeded to ask her for particulars
about her servants. Her butler had been
for many years in her employment, her
cook the same, and so forth. Her own
maid, who had come last, had been eight
years with her, and thoroughly enioved
her confidence. Yet, to her amazement.
the official explained that this very Wo-
man was the accomplice of her would-be
assassin.
At last the lady was induced to listen
to the voice OF reason, and measures
were arranged accordingly, though she
for alarm. What was her surprise when.
punctually at II p. M, after the butler
and all the women, excepting the maid.
had gone up stairs for the night, a ring
was heard at the door. The maid opened
it and told her mistress that a man
wished to see her on particular bust
ness. The lady replied that she could not
see him at that late hour, but the maid
returned with the message that the un-
known visitor insisted on an interview.
'And look, madame" she triumphantly
exclaimed, she is coming in" The man
entered the room, and was advancing in
a threatening attitude toward the lady
when the inspector and two policemen,
who had been cleyerly concealed,
bounced upon him and took the burglar
and the maid off in their custody.
The officers had been admitted BY the.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11

OSHKOSH FALLS
Before the Heavy Hitters in the
Minneapolis Aggregation.


Minneapolis bowled Oshkosh down
clever boX-work by Tuckerman and
of Ellis wild delivery. Nine hits were
made off the Minneapolis twirler, but
two of them were clear scratches and
one of Burns home runs very plain
foul. Minneapolis did some hard and
timely hitting, but Oshkosh'S errors en-
tered largely into their runs. But one
Minneapolis error, that of Tuckerman
in the first inning, affected the result,
while the blunderS of Oshkosh were all
costly. Willis dropped high fly in left
field, but retrieved his error moment
later by a beautiful throw of long fly
from Skaters bat, followed by one still
longer hammered out by O'Connell.
Tuckerman'S work was splendid and the
Oshkosh hits were widely scattered. In
critical places the heaviest batters were
struck out, such being the fate of Do
ran, Ellis and Burns when the bags
were full. O'Connell and Ellis, the two
heaviest sluggerS, were retired without
hit and not man got to
bases on balls. The work of Murray
was errorleSS, not passed ball or a
stolen base having been charged against
him. In the fourth inning Ellis and
Cooney We're put in at the points, but
while the latter played a good game the
former was wild and was freely batted.
-Oshkosh'S first run was made in the
first inning on three-bagger by Shafer
and tumble by Tuckerman, allowing
him to score. In the second inning Burns
lifted the sphere over the fence, and in
the sixth pounded it over Fosters head.
each hit for four bags. Minneapolis
was blocked until the third, when Shaw
was granted a base on balls and Tucker
man one Oh being hit by the ball. Muir
ray drove the ball between first and
second, O'Connell leaving his base to
get it, and giving the runner a safe hit
while he and Shafer stood together be-
tween empty bases. Shaw started for
the plate and O'COnnell threw wide to
Nagle, allowing Shaw and Tuckerman
to score. Patton hit safely, and after
Halves and Foster had batted easy flies
Winkleman cleared the bags with a
three-base drive to right field, dying on
third base. In the fifth Halves got a
base on balls, was advanced to third on
wild pitch and scored on Patton's out.
In the third, bases on tails to Willis
and Shaw and Murray's three-bagger
brought in two more runs. Foster
opened the seventh with terrific drive
that went clear over the train of cars on
the track. Willis got first on a fieIder's
choice and Shaw was hit by a pitched
ball, both coming home on Tucker
mans tWo-bagger to right field. The
Oshkosh men were very sore over the
defeat and found plenty of reasons for
1t. The score is as follows:
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A CALIFORNIA LION.
Handled Without Ceremony by a
Young Neyadian,

Handled Without Ceremony by a
Young Nevadian.
Walker Lake Bulletin.
For some time Sam Turner, one of
the principal stockholders of the Cory
vile Circus company, has been trapping
for California lion. The tracks of two
were frequently seen near the town, and
Mr.. Turner was determined to get one
for the show tent. Many mornings he
went to the trap and returned disap-
pointed. But last Friday, when he
made his usual trip of inspection, when
! ne approached the place he heard a ter
Tl6le uproar and knew he had caught
ms game. The trap was down and the
non was inside going around roaring
and seeking to escape. Turner picked
up up a club, cautiously raised the
blow stunned tie brute as it attempted
to get out. Swinging it over his Shout
der by the tail, he started for home, and
TO keep it from impeding his movements
by Wabbling and twisting, he secured
the hind legs under his arms. 1t was
fortunate for the circus company that he
did this, for had he not the animal
would have escaped. The blow which
stunned the lion ruptured some veins in
ICS nose. ana after 1t had been carried
some distance with its head down, blood
began to flow, and shortly afterward
conscienciOuSneSS returned. Now, Mr..
Turner, although not greatly gifted
sideways, is very tall, and his captive
was not able to reach the ground with
its paws. the firm hold he kept on his
hind legs, by squeezing them to his
sides with his arms, confined the ami
maPs efforts for freedom to one end.
This end was luckily opposed to stout
pair OF boots. These resisted the claws
and jaws of the beast so well that the
lower eXtremitieS of the gallant trapper
suffered but little injury. Once. how
ever, in going down very steep place
the animal caught one of the boOt-heelS
and nearly. stripped his captor. AS
Turner approached Coryville he heard
the mate of the prisoner roaring in pur-
suit. This made him feel rather uncOm-
Portable, but he chung to his captive and
reached town before his purSuer could
overtake him. There was great excite
ment on his arrival, and the entire COM
pany assisted in caging the lion. A
piece of boiler iron was slid down Tur-
ner'S back, heavy dry goods box
pushed up against it over the animal
and the work was done. The transfer
to the cage was then easy. 1t is thought
that the mate will be easily captured
now and the menagerie will have a good
start.
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teresting contest is expected. The Wis
itors are smarting under their defeat,
and the home team is anxious to keep it
up. Krock and Gasttield, the crack
battery OF Oshkosh, will play, and the
local team will put Winkleman and
Murray in the points, The batting or
der OF the home team will be as follows:
Winkleman pitcher, Hawes first base, Fos
ter center field, Patton right field, Flynn
third base. Meister second base Willis left
Held, Shaw short stop, Murray catcher,
The Minneapolis team is terribly handi7
capped by having only two fielders, and is
compelled always TO play one and sometim es
two pitchers in the field. Yesterday Willis
and Winkleman took the outer gardens and
Patton covered third, as Flynn was unable to
play. Murphy, the coming left fielder, seems
lost somewhere, nearly two weeks having
elapsed since he started for here.
The third base play of Doran at Mime
apolis yesterday was superb. He caught
three foul flies seemingly beyond reach, and
in the sixth inning caught fly that jumped
out of Ellis hands,
The averages of the three leading
batters of the Minneapolis team up to to-day
are as follows: Willis, AIS; Winkleman,
1897; Foster .3SI.
The center field play of Hoy and Foster in
yestefday's game was exceedingly fine.
Each OF them caught six long flies.
Shaw has at last settled down to his last
years form and is covering short in fine style
for Minneapolis.
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Slosson After Vignaux.

New YORK, June 1O.-George A. Slos-
son has reached Paris from Craig Nos
Castle, Wales, where he had been spend
ing fortnight with Patti and Nicolini.
He tells that the object of his visit is to
arrange two matches at cushion caroms
and fourteen-inch balk line games with
VignauX. The proposed conditions are
five nights play for each match at the
Grand hotel, 81 ,000a side for each match.
Both events are to come off in October.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
Scraps of SPORTS.

The regular practice meeting of the st.
Paul Lacrosse club will be held at the West
Side base ball grounds this evening. Players
who are strangers in the city are invited to
attend all practice meetings.
Jim keenan,, prominent sporting man of
Boston, formerly Jake Kilrain's hacker. was
in Minneapolis yesterday on his way to
Kansas City.
Holacher and Foulkrod, of the Duluth
team, have gone home, and will probably
not return to play with the Zenith City ag-
gregation.
Tomorrow is the day Harrington must
pay S4O5 to Secretary Quin for his fun at
Des Misunderstanding Wisconsin.
The GLOBE has letter for the captain of
the ST. Paul Browns
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The Heavy Weights Of the Northwestern
League to Cross Bats in st.
Paul This Afternoon.
Minneapolis Dusts the Diamond With
the Aggregation Of Ball Players
From Lake Winnebago.
Duluth and Eau Claire Make Big Scores
in Defeating Des Moines
and La Crosse.
The Four Rational League Clubs Play
ing at Home Beat Their Wis.,
tiers With Ease.

John Barnes and his Sunburned ball
players, fresh from trip, victorious to
the extent of five games won out of six,
arrived in st. Paul yesterday morning,
and the men took a good rest yesterday
to be in shape to tackle the heavy men
from Milwaukee to-day. The latter were
here also, taking life easy and splitting
on their hands for to-day'S contest.
Manager Hart, of the Milwaukee team,
wearing a tall white hat and a tanned
complexion, arrived at about the same
hour as Manager Barnes, and escorted
his men to the Merchants hotel. The
manager of the team that leads the
Northwestern league just for the pres
ent, and the manager of the team that
is but two games behind it in the race
for the remnant were together when
seen by a GLOBE reporter last evening.
Barnes said he had had good trip and
the team was III good shape. he thought
the
CHANGE OF POSITIONS,
by which Pickett plays short and Cleve-
land third, was good one, and the
games played with the men in these po-
Sitions had. shown this to be so. Nc
Auliffe, the catcher he had recently
signed, he said was well recommended,
though he had no professional record
behind him. He was on his way from
Canada to st. Paul now. As to Legg
and Pollard, he thought they would be
able to go behind the bat in short
time. He said that no one ever saw
better work behind the bat than was
done by Crooks III the game he caught
while on the trip. He had no predic-
tons to make as to the series. with Mil
waukee. Manager Hart was with him
~, Tho hilyNonlyna N n
said that it was rather early in the
season to announce any pennant
winners, as there were ninety odd
games yet to be played, and the chances
of accidents were too great. suppose
a crack pitchers arm goes back on him
or the catcher SmaSheS his hands," he
said; ''then comes
A STRdAK OF HARD LUCK,
for when a club begins losing there
seems to be something in the game that
keeps it loSing," and he cited the Osh-
koSh club in its late series as an illus
tration. In the game to-day there is no
little interest in ST. Paul. The fact that
Milwaukee leads all opponents, that st.
Paul is but two games behind, and the
results of the three games between the
two teams at Milwaukee, earlier in the
season, when St. Paul had the best of it
by odds, will call large delegations of
the lovers of the game to the grounds
this afternoon. Both teams will be
about as strong as they can be made
with the material at hand. 1t will be
noticed that both Sowders and Viau, of
the home team, are to play. The game
will be called at $3.50 O'Clock, and Spe
cial train will leave the foot of Jackson
street for the grounds at 3:15 o'clock.
The positions and batting order of the
teams will be thus:
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Clovis Nerve.

John P. Glow, the Colorado middle
weight, doesn't take down for even
heavy-weights, and asks the GLOBE to
correct the statement purporting to
come from him to the effect that he
knew q Jolt from Killen would settle
remark. Nevertheless, he is willing to
meet either Killen or Cardiff and run
the risk of getting ''jolt" in the neck.
He meets Tom Hinch at Minneanolis
Juna ID